i{content: normal !imporI know i’m neither the first or the last to be this cheesy, but i’m typing this from Wii Opera beta. Yes, it just went online in this hemisphere a few moments ago and you can download it now. Those droughts you heard Reggie lying about earlier (allegedly)? Kaput, gone because you can all now welcome the wide world of YouTube and flash games on your big screen, among other *ahem* things that make the time pass a little quicker and the internet – as well as your Wii – a tiny bit more fun. Plus, it loads a lot faster than your 8-year-old Gateway. Or is that just me…?
God, i wish this thing could highlight text.
[Text by Wii. Pic, links and this note courtesy of Mozilla and flickr.]
I decided to test it out by watching Assy McGee on YouTube in full screen on the Wii. It works well, beyond what I expected. Very cool.Now if Nintendo can get around to updating the firmware again and resolving this damned twitchy cursor in Wii Channels problem that going around.
*raises hand* yep, I posted a few comments on blogs starting with "this is from my Wii"Yes I am very lame, I'll join any club. 😀 haha
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I'm posting from my wii aswell =) I have to say it's faster than I thought..now they should assure me about the resolution,because without zooming I can't read anything!
Homestar Runner was fast loading. Pandora.com didn't work. 🙁 Infendo looks pretty!
I'm typing from my opera browser too! It takes for freaking ever to get things all typed out but youtube worked so I'm happy for now.
The one question I have is…since this is a beta version, (meaning work in progress) is there a feedback forum or e-mail address setup by Nintendo or Opera for us to send in or views and problems so they can improve on it before it official release???
Best thing ever! i can go do whatever! Do stuff….and also lay on my sofa!! 😀 lazyness!!!! This system rockies!
the web browser is very cool but I don't see why anyone would use this over a pc. Posted from my wii.
I'm actually shocked at how fast the browser is, given how slow getting into the Wii Shop Channel can be. You Tube worked great, some of the Wiicade games were functional, and most pages looked fine. My only complaint is having to go back to that Opera page in order to type in a new URL.
I can't get flash to work 🙁
For those of you complaining about the text being too small:You can use the "+" and "-" buttons on the remote to zoom in and out…You can also toggle a "view" mode with the "2" button that fits all the contents of the web page you are viewing within the width of the screen, but without the page layout. It is sometimes useful when viewing plain text sites.
As much as the 2nd view mode (the 2 button) distorts page layouts, it displays text better than the regular way (even when zoomed). You can also zoom in this mode for further huge-ening. Great for feeds, but they need "Go to Top" links at the bottom. Beats standing, though.YouTube also quit on me.
I really enjoyed watching Youtube videos on my wii, but I would like for there to be a way to minimize the control panel at the bottom of the browser. I am trying to watch Colbert rant about America and I have to have a white bar across the bottom 4th of the screen. Kind of annoying. Remove it! Other than no keyboard support and the bar, works fine.